An Englishman of forty years residence in Wales pontificates about politics (slightly off-message), films and trivia. Secretary of Aberavon and Neath Liberal Democrats. Candidate for Neath in the Westminster elections of 1997 & 2017 and the Welsh general election of 2016.

Tuesday, 1 September 2009

Inland waterways boom in recession

The move against the exchange rate of the pound of late has encouraged holistays (I much prefer this term to the American "staycation") and leisure boating has boomed as a result. The experience of Norfolk is typical. Unfortunately, I cannot find WWW evidence for this, but a recent BBC-News item showed that the Grand Union and other canals in Britain are sharing in this boom. A spokesman went so far as to say that there are currently more boats active on the network than there were at the peak of the Industrial Revolution.

If only the engineering and financial obstacles to connection of our two canals could be overcome, Neath Port Talbot is well placed to share in this success in future.